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Cause to vacate the case. the government has a vested interest in making sure she has adequate legal counsel in all of this. is that right? >> yes. and so it is permissible for someone else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyer is to the client. and that is an ethical duty that every lawyer has, so regardless of who's paying the bills you're supposed to take the best interest of the client at all times. in that cassidy hutchinson case you said it earlier we see how those incentives can cause people to do things differently than perhaps the ethics rules would suggest. so ...

>> it is permissible for somebody else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyer's to the client. it's an ethical duty that every lawyer has. regardless of who's paying the bills, you're supposed to act in the best interest of a client at all times. in the cassidy hutchinson, casey said earlier, you see how those incentives can cause people to do things differently than perhaps the ethics rules would suggest. for prosecutors, they are very reluctant to get in between a lawyer and her client, to do anything to disrupt that relationship. if they were to get wind that something...

Correct? >> it is permissible for somebody else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyer is to the client. it's an ethical duty that every lawyer has. regardless of who's paying the bills, you're supposed to act in the best interest of a client at all times. now, in the cassidy hutchinson, casey said earlier, you see how those incentives can cause people to do things differently than perhaps the ethics rules would suggest. for prosecutors, they are very reluctant to get in between a lawyer and her client, to do anything to disrupt that relationship. but if they were to get ...

The court and alas overtly reactionary direction on at least some issues so that it doesn't seem like purely a tool of the right-wing. which in many ways it in fact is. they understand i think to some extent. but at the same time i think they also understand that it doesn't matter that they are unbound you. see this with them flouting at the ethics rules, flouting disclosure rules. because who's going to rain the man. part of the reason that they are becoming, they're following into greater and greater disrepute is because they are completely unaccountable. and even if they don't want to start...

So you don't need to understand the law of intricacies, from a legal point of view where the originalism. it doesn't matter. it is purely politics at its worse. and impeaching supreme court justices, that is a tough one. in 2024, democrats must make reform in the supreme court, ethics rules and lifetime appointments ending and it will motivate people to come out and we need to make the court a court again. >> yeah, they could literally just, you know, get rid of the filibuster and expand the court and pass ethics rules. you don't need a law degree to be a great comedian or a commentator, but y...